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The Shape We're In

by Harper-Nicole Anderson

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Written a day after the Donald Trump "Go back to where they came from, the song decries the burgeoning racism in the USA.

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I would go back to where I came from
If I only had the money to fly
But the way things are going in the U S of A
Make me wanna lay down & die
All of us came from somewhere else
And I know it's just a sin
That after all my years in the home of the brave
I'd live to see the shape we're in
CHORUS
The shape we’re in The shape we’re in
Gotta find a way to change
The shape we're in
I saw those dogs in Selma town
How they murdered MLK
Then saw Four Dead in Ohio
But it ain't nothin like I see today
We gotta stop the madness
Gotta find another way
Cause if we don't do somethin soon
Say goodbye to the USA
REPEAT CHORUS
BRIDGE
We won the fight for Civil Rights
Back in the days of LBJ
And we thought things would just get better
But they're so much worse today
Seen a lot of hate in this great land
we see it all the time
George Wallace standing on the schoolhouse steps
It really was a crime
We all saw it play out in Charlotttesville
Somehow we gotta make it stop
But the really sad part about the shape we're in
Is now we see it comin’ straight from the top!
REPEAT CHORUS

© 2019 Harper Nicole Anderson (ASCAP)

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released April 28, 2022
Written and Performed by Harper Nicole Anderson

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